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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

614 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2008



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BENTON IN-

714 PM EDT SUN SEP 21 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY...



AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL 

BENTON COUNTY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 

ACROSS FAR EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE 

AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF 

BENTON COUNTY SINCE 530 PM EDT...WITH THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

NEAR BARCE. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 

CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA THROUGH 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOWLER AND

BARCE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4067 8736 4066 8719 4056 8719 4057 8736



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